Method and system for optoelectronic matching

ABSTRACT

A method and a system for optoelectronic matching are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: S1, enabling an electrical port of a first optoelectronic device to auto-negotiate with a first electrical port to obtain the highest supported speed of the first electrical port, and enabling an electrical port of a second optoelectronic device to auto-negotiate with a second electrical port to obtain the highest supported speed of the second electrical port; S2, encapsulating, by an optical port of an optoelectronic device, a current speed and the negotiated highest supported speed of an opposite end in a transmission protocol, and sending the same to an optical port of another optoelectronic device; S3, obtaining a target speed based on the highest supported speed of the first electrical port and the highest supported speed of the second electrical port; S4, determining whether the current speed is equal to the target speed, respectively.

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RELATED APPLICATION INFORMATION

This patent claims priority from Chinese Patent Application No.202111058720.X, filed Sep. 10, 2021 entitled, “METHOD AND SYSTEM FOROPTOELECTRONIC MATCHING” the entirety of which is incorporated herein byreference.

BACKGROUND

The invention relates to the field of communication technologies, andmore particularly, to a method and a system for optoelectronic matching.

DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART

A Fiber Optical Transceiver (FOT) is an Ethernet transmission mediaconversion unit that exchanges short-distance twisted-pair electricalsignals and long-distance optical signals. Generally, it is used in suchnetwork environment where Ethernet cables cannot cover and transmissiondistance must be extended by using optical fibers since it is greaterthan 100 meters. The Fiber Optical Transceiver is usually positioned anaccess layer application of broadband metropolitan area network (BMAN).With the rapid development of communication technologies, the speed ofthe network becomes increasingly faster, the application scope of theFiber Optical Transceiver becomes wider, so the line rate of Ethernetneeds to be higher, that is, the bandwidth becomes wider and wider,thus, network with rate of 10M bits/second or 100M bits/second usedbefore can no longer be used as the connection between BMAN and thebackbone network. Instead, a higher bandwidth network is needed tosupport it. In addition, the speed of the Ethernet optical fibertransceiver must be higher enough to support the rate of 10Mbits/second, 100M bits/second, 1000M bits/second, 2.5 G bits/second.

The electrical port of the optoelectronic device can performauto-negotiation to obtain the highest rate supported to an electricalport of the opposite end, that is, the Highest Common Denominator (HCD).However, the physical layer PHY cannot be negotiated in the opticaltransmission standard, the port speed of a PHY of the device could notbe self-adaptively adjusted between two optical ports and between theoptical port and the electrical port, so it is impossible to quicklyestablish a communication link between a first opposite end device and asecond opposite end device.

In the prior art, a memory can be set in a TX direction and a RXdirection, respectively, to absorb the transmission difference betweenthe TX direction and the RX direction. However, the memory is usuallylarge in size, so the cost increases, and test costs and test risks mayalso increase, and the device is relatively complex. The highestsupported speed of the first opposite end device and the second oppositeend device can be obtained via a microcontroller (MCU). Then chips ofphysical layers of the two opposite end devices are configured manually.Of note, it is inefficient in establishment of communication connectionby using such a method. Thus, in order to solve the problem, it isurgent to design a method and a system for optoelectronic matching tomeet the actual requirements.

SUMMARY

Given that the foregoing problems exist in the prior art, the presentinvention provides a method and a system for optoelectronic matching.

The technical problems can be solved by using the following technicalsolution:

-   -   a method for optoelectronic matching, comprising a first        optoelectronic device and a second optoelectronic device,        wherein the first optoelectronic device is connected to the        second optoelectronic device via optical fibers, an electrical        port of the first optoelectronic device is connected to a first        electrical port of a first opposite end, an electrical port of        the second optoelectronic device is connected to a second        electrical port of a second opposite end;    -   the method comprises the steps of:        -   S1, enabling the electrical port of the first optoelectronic            device to auto-negotiate with the first electrical port to            obtain an highest supported speed of the first electrical            port, and the first electrical port and the opposite end            establishing a connection at a current speed of the first            electrical port; and enabling an electrical port of the            second optoelectronic device to auto-negotiate with the            second electrical port to obtain an highest supported speed            of the second electrical port, and the second electrical            port and the opposite end establishing a connection at a            current speed of the second electrical port;        -   S2, encapsulating, by an optical port of the first            optoelectronic device, a current speed of the first            optoelectronic device and the negotiated highest supported            speed of the first electrical port in transmission            parameters of a transmission protocol, and sending the same            to an optical port of the second optoelectronic device;            encapsulating, by an optical port of the second            optoelectronic device, a current speed of the second            optoelectronic device and the negotiated highest supported            speed of the second electrical port in the transmission            parameters of the transmission protocol, and sending the            same to an optical port of the first optoelectronic device;        -   S3, obtaining, by the first optoelectronic device and the            second optoelectronic device, a target speed based on the            highest supported speed of the first electrical port and the            highest supported speed of the second electrical port,            respectively, wherein the target speed is the greatest            common divisor of the highest supported speed of the first            electrical port and the highest supported speed of the            second electrical port;        -   S4, determining whether the current speed of the first            optoelectronic device and the current speed of the second            optoelectronic device are equal to the target speed,            respectively;        -   if the current speeds are equal to the target speed, the            current speeds are maintained;        -   if the current speeds are not equal to the target speed,            proceed to S5;        -   S5, configuring, by the first optoelectronic device and the            second optoelectronic device, the speeds of its electrical            port and optical port to the target speed, respectively, and            then the first optoelectronic device and the first            electrical port negotiating automatically, and the second            optoelectronic device and the second electrical port            negotiating automatically, to establish a connection.

Preferably, the method further comprises:

-   -   forcing the NP (Next Page) domain in the local Base Page to 1,        so that the local can negotiate the Next Page with the opposite        end under any circumstances to get the highest supported rate of        the opposite end;    -   S1 further comprises:        -   S11, sending the auto-negotiated Base Page configured with            the NP domain to the corresponding opposite end;        -   S12, judging whether a physical layer of a local electrical            port has a gigabit transmission capability;        -   if yes, send the auto-negotiated Next Page according to the            auto-negotiation protocol;        -   if not, send an empty Next Page.

Preferably, when the highest supported speed of any one of the firstopposite end and the second opposite end changes, the opposite end, ofwhich the highest supported speed changes, sends an auto-negotiationrequest to an optoelectronic device to which it is correspondinglyconnected, and executes S1-S5.

Preferably, the transmission protocol is SGMII protocol,auto-negotiation is implemented between optical ports of the firstoptoelectronic device and the second optoelectronic device through theSGMII protocol.

Preferably, the first optoelectronic device and the secondoptoelectronic device comprise a physical layer and an SGMII layer,respectively, and the physical layer is connected to the SGMII Layer andthe corresponding opposite end;

-   -   S2 further comprises:        -   outputting, by the physical layer, a trigger signal after            receiving the highest supported speed of the negotiated            corresponding opposite end;        -   receiving, by the SGMII layer, the trigger signal, and            encapsulating the current speed and the highest supported            speed of a corresponding opposite end into transmission            parameters of the SGMII protocol;        -   performing auto-negotiation between the optical port of one            of the first optoelectronic device and the second            optoelectronic device and the optical port of the other of            the first optoelectronic device and the second            optoelectronic device through the SGMII protocol.

Preferably, S3 further comprises:

-   -   one of the first optoelectronic device and the second        optoelectronic device receiving the transmission protocol sent        by the optical port of the other optoelectronic device of the        first optoelectronic device and the second optoelectronic        device, to obtain the highest supported speed of the opposite        end corresponding to the other optoelectronic device;    -   each of the first optoelectronic device and the second        optoelectronic device performing the greatest common divisor        processing on the highest supported speed of the opposite end of        one optoelectronic device and the highest supported speed of the        opposite end of the other optoelectronic device to obtain the        target speed.

The invention further provides an optoelectronic matching system,comprising the above-mentioned optoelectronic matching method, thesystem comprising:

-   -   a first optoelectronic device, wherein an electrical port of the        first optoelectronic device is connected to a first electrical        port of a first opposite end;    -   a second optoelectronic device, wherein an electrical port of        the second optoelectronic device is connected to a second        electrical port of a second opposite end, and the first        optoelectronic device and the second optoelectronic device are        connected via optical fibers;    -   each of the first optoelectronic device and the second        optoelectronic device comprises:    -   a first negotiation unit for auto-negotiation between an        electrical port and a corresponding opposite end to obtain the        highest supported speed of the opposite end corresponding to        each of the optoelectronic devices;    -   a second negotiation unit, connected to the first negotiation        unit, and configured to encapsulate the current speed and the        highest supported speed of the opposite end into transmission        parameters of a transmission protocol, and to send the current        speed and the highest supported speed of the opposite end to an        optical port of the other optoelectronic device.

A processing unit for obtaining a target speed based on the highestsupported speed of an opposite end corresponding to one of theoptoelectronic devices and the highest supported speed of an oppositeend corresponding to the other optoelectronic devices in thetransmission protocol;

-   -   a judging unit, connected to the processing unit, and configured        to judge whether the current speed is equal to the target speed        to obtain a judgment result;        a configuration unit, connected to the judgment unit and the        first negotiation unit, respectively, and configured to        configure the speed of the electrical port and the speed of the        optical port to the target speed when the judgment result        indicates that the current speed of a local electrical port is        not equal to the target speed;    -   wherein the first negotiation unit is further configured to        perform auto-negotiation with the corresponding opposite end        after the speed is configured to the target speed.

Preferably, the first negotiation unit further comprises:

-   -   a judging module, configured to judge whether the physical layer        of the local electrical port has the gigabit transmission        capability when sending the auto-negotiated Base Page to a        corresponding opposite port;    -   a negotiation message configuration module, connected to the        judging module, and configured to configure auto-negotiated Next        Page according to the auto-negotiation protocol when the        physical layer of the local electrical port has gigabit        transmission capability; and configured to configure an empty        Next Page when the physical layer of the local electrical port        does not have gigabit transmission capability; and    -   a first negotiation module, connected to the negotiation message        configuration module, and configured to send the configured        auto-negotiated Next Page to a port of the corresponding        opposite end.

Preferably, the transmission protocol is SGMII protocol,auto-negotiation between optical ports of the first optoelectronicdevice and the second optoelectronic device is achieved through theSGMII protocol.

Preferably, each of the first optoelectronic device and the secondoptoelectronic device comprises:

-   -   a physical layer, connected to an electrical end of a        corresponding opposite end, and configured to output a trigger        signal after receiving the highest supported speed of negotiated        corresponding opposite end;    -   an SGMII layer, connected to the physical layer, and configured        to receive the trigger signal, and configured to encapsulate the        current speed and the highest supported speed of a corresponding        opposite end into transmission parameters of the SGMII protocol,        and to perform auto-negotiation between the optical port of one        of the first optoelectronic device and the second optoelectronic        device and the optical port of the other of the first        optoelectronic device and the second optoelectronic device        through the SGMII protocol.

By adopting the above-mentioned technical solutions, the presentinvention has the beneficial effects that a protocol is configured foran optical port of an optoelectronic device, so that the optical portscan also negotiate the speed therebetween. The highest supported speedof the opposite end to which a respective electrical port is connectedis obtained through the auto-negotiation function of the electricalport. Then the highest supported speed of the respective opposite endconnected to the optoelectronic device is sent to the otheroptoelectronic device through the negotiation of the optical port towhich the protocol is configured. The two optoelectronic devices obtaina target speed based on the greatest common divisor of the highestsupported speed of the opposite end through negotiation and the highestsupported speed, which is transmitted via the protocol, of the oppositeend to which the other optoelectronic device is connected. Connectionsbetween each of the optoelectronic devices and each of the respectiveopposite ends and between the two optoelectronic devices are establishedbased on the target speed; through the auto-negotiation function, whenthe speed of any one of the ports changes, it can automatically triggerthe negotiation function so that connections between each of theoptoelectronic devices and each of the respective opposite ends andbetween the two optoelectronic devices can be successfully established.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for optoelectronic matching;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a specific embodiment of S4 according to thepresent invention;

FIG. 3 is a structural block diagram of a specific embodiment of aphotoelectric matching system according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a structural block diagram of a specific embodiment of a firstoptoelectronic device or a second optoelectronic device according topresent invention; and

FIG. 5 is a structural block diagram of a specific embodiment of a firstnegotiation unit according to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The technical solution set forth in the embodiments of the presentinvention will now be described clearly and fully hereinafter withreference to the accompanying drawings of the embodiments of the presentinvention. Obviously, such embodiments provided in the present inventionare only part of the embodiments instead of all embodiments. It shouldbe understood that all the other embodiments obtained from theembodiments set forth in the present invention by one skilled in the artwithout any creative work fall within the scope of the presentinvention.

Notably, the embodiments set forth in the present invention and featuresof the embodiments may be combined in any suitable manner.

The present invention will be described hereinafter with reference tothe accompanying drawings and particular embodiments, but the inventionis not limited thereto.

The invention discloses a method and a system for optoelectronicmatching, and it belongs to the field of communication technologies. Itcomprises a first optoelectronic device 2 and a second optoelectronicdevice 3, wherein the first optoelectronic device 2 is connected to thesecond optoelectronic device 3 via optical fibers, an electrical port ofthe first optoelectronic device 2 is connected to a first electricalport 11 of a first opposite end 1, an electrical port of the secondoptoelectronic device 3 is connected to a second electrical port 41 of asecond opposite end 4, as shown in FIGS. 1-5 .

As shown in FIG. 1 , the method comprises the steps of:

-   -   S1, enabling the electrical port of the first optoelectronic        device 2 to auto-negotiate with the first electrical port 11 to        obtain an highest supported speed of the first electrical port        11, and the first electrical port and the opposite end establish        a connection at a current speed of the first electrical port;        and enabling an electrical port of the second optoelectronic        device 3 to auto-negotiate with the second electrical port 41 to        obtain an highest supported speed of the second electrical port        41, and the second electrical port and the opposite end        establishing a connection at a current speed of the second        electrical port;    -   S2, encapsulating, by an optical port of the first        optoelectronic device 2, the current speed of the first        optoelectronic device 2 and the negotiated highest supported        speed of the first electrical port 11 in transmission parameters        of a transmission protocol, and sending the same to the optical        port of the second optoelectronic device 3; encapsulating, by        the optical port of the second optoelectronic device 3, a        current speed of the second optoelectronic device 3 and the        negotiated highest supported speed of the second electrical port        41 in the transmission parameters of the transmission protocol,        and sending the same to the optical port of the first        optoelectronic device 2;    -   S3, obtaining, by the first optoelectronic device 2 and the        second optoelectronic device 3, a target speed based on the        highest supported speed of the first electrical port 11 and the        highest supported speed of the second electrical port 41,        respectively, wherein the target speed is the greatest common        divisor of the highest supported speed of the first electrical        port 11 and the highest supported speed of the second electrical        port 41;    -   S4, determining whether the current speed of the first        optoelectronic device 2 and the current speed of the second        optoelectronic device 3 are equal to the target speed,        respectively; if the current speeds are equal to the target        speed, the current speeds are maintained; if the current speeds        are not equal to the target speed, proceed to S5;    -   S5, configuring, by the first optoelectronic device 2 and the        second optoelectronic device 3, the speeds of its electrical        port and optical port to the target speed, respectively, and        then the first optoelectronic device 2 and the first electrical        port 11 negotiating automatically, and the second optoelectronic        device 3 and the second electrical port 41 negotiating        automatically, to establish a connection.

In particular, in the present invention, the highest supported speed ofthe opposite end to which a respective electrical port is connected isobtained through the auto-negotiation function of the electrical port.Then the highest supported speed of the respective opposite endconnected to the optoelectronic device is sent to the otheroptoelectronic device through the negotiation of the optical port towhich the protocol is configured. The two optoelectronic devices obtaina target speed based on the greatest common divisor of the highestsupported speed of the opposite end through negotiation and the highestsupported speed, which is transmitted via the protocol, of the oppositeend to which the other optoelectronic device is connected. Connectionsbetween each of the optoelectronic devices and each of the respectiveopposite ends and between the two optoelectronic devices are establishedbased on the target speed.

Based on the auto-negotiation function of the electrical ports and thetransmission protocol of the optical port on which the optoelectronicdevices is arranged, the optical ports can also exchange speedinformation therebetween through the transmission protocol, and thespeed negotiation between the optical ports can be realized by using theabove-mentioned technical solution. When the speed of any one of portschanges, it can automatically trigger the negotiation function so thatthe connections between each of the optoelectronic devices and each ofthe respective opposite ends and between the two optoelectronic devicescan be successfully established.

In a preferred embodiment, in S1, forcing the NP (Next Page) domain inthe local Base Page to 1, so that the local can negotiate the Next Pagewith the opposite end under any circumstances (if the opposite endsupports the Next Page to negotiate) to get the highest supported speedof the opposite end.

S1 further comprises:

-   -   S11, sending the auto-negotiated Base Page configured with the        NP domain to a corresponding opposite end;    -   S12, judging whether a physical layer of a local electrical port        has a gigabit transmission capability;    -   if yes, send the auto-negotiated Next Page according to the        auto-negotiation protocol;    -   if not, send an empty Next Page.

Furthermore, during the speed matching process, local may reduce speedto adapt to a lower target speed. When the highest speed of any one ofthe first opposite end and the second opposite end changes so that S1-S5are repeated, then it is necessary to force the NP bit of the Base Pageto 1, otherwise, since the local closes the higher speed, the NP bit ofthe Base Page will be 0 when local negotiate next time according to thestandards 802.3, and Next Page will not be negotiated, so that thehighest supported speed of the opposite end cannot be obtained.Therefore, in order to force the opposite end to be able to exchangegigabit transmission speed, when the opposite end itself does not havegigabit transmission speed, it is necessary to configure the messagepage field corresponding to the description of the NP domain in theauto-negotiated Base Page to 1, and then send the auto-negotiated BasePage which has been configured.

In a preferred embodiment, when the highest supported speed of any oneof the first opposite end 1 and the second opposite end 4 changes, theopposite end, of which the highest supported speed changes sends anauto-negotiation request to an optoelectronic device to which it iscorrespondingly connected, and executes S1-S5.

In particular, in this embodiment, when the first opposite end 1 or thesecond opposite end 4 is powered on or switched to the highest supportedspeed so that the speed changes, auto-negotiation between the oppositeend and the electrical port of the optoelectronic device to which theopposite end is connected is triggered, the highest supported speed ofthe opposite end is exchanged to the correspondingly connectedoptoelectronic device. When the optoelectronic device exchangesnegotiation information with the other optoelectronic device through theconfigured transmission protocol, it will also exchange the highestsupported speed, which is changed, of the opposite end to the otheroptoelectronic device, and then the two optoelectronic devices canre-establish the connections of Link1, Link2, Link3 according to thegreatest common divisor of the highest supported speed of the firstopposite end 1 and the second opposite end 4. Link1 represents theconnection between the first opposite end 1 and the first optoelectronicdevices 2, Link 2 represents the connection between the firstoptoelectronic devices 2 and the second optoelectronic devices 3, andLink 3 represents the connection between the second optoelectronicdevices 3 and the second opposite end 4.

Furthermore, in the invention, the number of the optoelectronic devicesis not limited, and a plurality of optoelectronic devices can beprovided.

In a preferred embodiment, the transmission protocol is SGMII protocol,auto-negotiation is implemented between optical ports of the firstoptoelectronic device 2 and the second optoelectronic device 3 throughthe SGMII protocol.

Although the optical transmission standard in the prior art isnegotiated, the speed information of the physical layer PHY cannot benegotiated. The present invention configures the optical port to work inthe SGMII protocol, so that the optical ports of the two optoelectronicdevices can achieve the auto-negotiation of the speed of the physicallayer through the SGMII protocol.

The SGMII protocol comprises 16 bits for exchanging links, speedinformation (speed) of the current physical layer PHY, and duplex(full-duplex, half-duplex) and other negotiation information. In thisembodiment, the SGMII protocol is further expanded: conFIG. 2 of the 16bits and encapsulate the highest supported speed of the opposite endnegotiated by the electrical port of the optoelectronic device into theSGMII protocol.

In a preferred embodiment, the first optoelectronic device 2 and thesecond optoelectronic device 3 comprise a physical layer and an SGMIIlayer, respectively, and the physical layer is connected to the SGMIILayer and the electrical port of the corresponding opposite end.

S2 further comprises:

-   -   outputting, by the physical layer, a trigger signal after        receiving the highest supported speed of the negotiated        corresponding opposite end;    -   receiving, by the SGMII layer, the trigger signal, and        encapsulating the current speed and the highest supported speed        of a corresponding opposite end into transmission parameters of        the SGMII protocol;    -   performing auto-negotiation between the optical port of one of        the first optoelectronic device 2 and the second optoelectronic        device 3 and the optical port of the other of the first        optoelectronic device 2 and the second optoelectronic device 3        through the SGMII protocol.

In particular, in this embodiment, when the electrical port of the firstopposite end 1 or of the second opposite end 4 changes, theauto-negotiation is triggered. After receiving the negotiationinformation, the physical layer of the optoelectronic device obtains thehighest supported speed of the opposite end from the negotiationinformation and triggers the SGMII layer, so that the optical port ofthe optoelectronic device and the optical port of the otheroptoelectronic device carry out an SGMII negotiation.

In a preferred embodiment, S3 further comprises:

-   -   one of the first optoelectronic device 2 and the second        optoelectronic device 3 receiving the transmission protocol sent        by the optical port of the other optoelectronic device of the        first optoelectronic device 2 and the second optoelectronic        device 3, to obtain the highest supported speed of the opposite        end corresponding to the other optoelectronic device;    -   each of the first optoelectronic device 2 and the second        optoelectronic device 3 performing the greatest common divisor        processing on the highest supported speed of the opposite end of        one optoelectronic device and the highest supported speed of the        opposite end of the other optoelectronic device to obtain the        target speed.

In particular, in this embodiment, the first optoelectronic device 2receives the SGMII negotiation information of the optical port of thesecond optoelectronic device 3, and obtains the maximum highestsupported speed of the second electrical port 41 of link partner of theelectrical port of the second optoelectronic device 3 from 2 of the 16bits in the SGMII negotiation information, wherein the Link partner ofthe electrical port of the second optoelectronic device 3 is the secondopposite end 4;

-   -   similarly, the second optoelectronic device 3 receives the SGMII        negotiation information of the optical port of the first        optoelectronic device 2, and obtains the maximum highest        supported speed of the first electrical port 11 of link partner        of the electrical port of the first optoelectronic device 2 from        2 of the 16 bits in the SGMII negotiation information, wherein        the Link partner of the electrical port of the first        optoelectronic device 2 is the first opposite end 1.

The invention further provides an optoelectronic matching system,comprising the above-mentioned optoelectronic matching method, as shownin FIGS. 3-4 , the system comprising:

-   -   a first optoelectronic device 2, wherein an electrical port of        the first optoelectronic device 2 is connected to a first        electrical port 11 of a first opposite end 1;    -   a second optoelectronic device 3, wherein an electrical port of        the second optoelectronic device 2 is connected to a second        electrical port 41 of a second opposite end 4, and the first        optoelectronic device 2 and the second optoelectronic device 3        are connected via optical fibers;    -   each of the first optoelectronic device 2 and the second        optoelectronic device 3 comprises:    -   a first negotiation unit 51 for auto-negotiation between an        electrical port and a corresponding opposite end to obtain the        highest supported speed of the opposite end corresponding to        each of the optoelectronic devices;    -   a second negotiation unit 52, connected to the first negotiation        unit 51, and configured to encapsulate the current speed and the        highest supported speed of the opposite end in transmission        parameters of a transmission protocol, and to send the current        speed and the highest supported speed of the opposite end to an        optical port of the other optoelectronic device;    -   processing unit 53, connected to the first negotiation unit 51        and the second negotiation unit 52, and configured to obtain a        target speed based on the highest supported speed of an opposite        end corresponding to one of the optoelectronic devices and the        highest supported speed of an opposite end corresponding to the        other optoelectronic devices in the transmission protocol;    -   a judging unit 54, connected to the processing unit 53, and        configured to judge whether the current speed is equal to the        target speed to obtain a judgment result;    -   a configuration unit 55, connected to the judgment unit 54 and        the first negotiation unit 51, respectively, and configured to        configure the speed of the electrical port and the speed of the        optical port to the target speed when the judgment result        indicates that the current speed of a local electrical port is        not equal to the target speed;    -   wherein the first negotiation unit 51 is further configured to        perform auto-negotiation with the corresponding opposite end        after the speed is configured to the target speed.

In a preferred embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5 , the first negotiationunit 51 further comprises:

-   -   a judging module 511, configured to judge whether the physical        layer of the local electrical port has the gigabit transmission        capability when sending the auto-negotiated Base Page to a        corresponding opposite port;    -   a negotiation message configuration module 512, connected to the        judging module 511, and configured to configure auto-negotiated        Next Page according to the auto-negotiation protocol when the        physical layer of the local electrical port has gigabit        transmission capability; and configured to configure an empty        Next Page when the physical layer of the local electrical port        does not have gigabit transmission capability; and    -   a first negotiation module 513, connected to the negotiation        message configuration module 512, and configured to send the        configured auto-negotiated Next Page to a port of the        corresponding opposite end.

In a preferred embodiment, the transmission protocol is SGMII protocol,auto-negotiation between optical ports of the first optoelectronicdevice 2 and the second optoelectronic device 3 is achieved through theSGMII protocol.

In a preferred embodiment, each of the first optoelectronic device 2 andthe second optoelectronic device 3 comprises:

-   -   a physical layer, connected to an electrical end of a        corresponding opposite end, and configured to output a trigger        signal after receiving the highest supported speed of negotiated        corresponding opposite end;    -   an SGMII layer, connected to the physical layer, and configured        to receive the trigger signal and encapsulate the current speed        and the highest supported speed of a corresponding opposite end        in transmission parameters of the SGMII protocol, and to perform        auto-negotiation between the optical port of one of the first        optoelectronic device 2 and the second optoelectronic device 3        and the optical port of the other of the first optoelectronic        device 2 and the second optoelectronic device 3 through the        SGMII protocol.

The present invention has the beneficial effects that a protocol isconfigured for an optical port of an optoelectronic device, so that theoptical ports can also negotiate the speed therebetween. The highestsupported speed of the opposite end to which a respective electricalport is connected can be obtained through the auto-negotiation functionof the electrical port. Then the highest supported speed of therespective opposite end connected to the optoelectronic device is sentto the other optoelectronic device through the negotiation of theoptical port to which the protocol is configured. The two optoelectronicdevices obtain a target speed based on the greatest common divisor ofthe highest supported speed, which is transmitted via the protocol, ofthe opposite end to which the other optoelectronic device is connected.Connections between each of the optoelectronic devices and each of therespective opposite ends and between the two optoelectronic devices areestablished based on the target speed; through the auto-negotiationfunction, when the speed of any one of the ports changes, it canautomatically trigger the negotiation function so that connectionsbetween each of the optoelectronic devices and each of the respectiveopposite ends and between the two optoelectronic devices can besuccessfully established.

The above descriptions are only the preferred embodiments of theinvention, not thus limiting the embodiments and scope of the invention.Those skilled in the art should be able to realize that the schemesobtained from the content of specification and drawings of the inventionare within the scope of the invention.

It is claimed:
 1. A method for optoelectronic matching, comprising afirst optoelectronic device and a second optoelectronic device, whereinthe first optoelectronic device is connected to the secondoptoelectronic device via optical fibers, an electrical port of thefirst optoelectronic device is connected to a first electrical port of afirst opposite end, an electrical port of the second optoelectronicdevice is connected to a second electrical port of a second oppositeend; the method comprises the steps of: S1, enabling the electrical portof the first optoelectronic device to auto-negotiate with the firstelectrical port to obtain an highest supported speed of the firstelectrical port, and the first electrical port and the opposite endestablishing a connection at a current speed of the first electricalport; and enabling an electrical port of the second optoelectronicdevice to auto-negotiate with the second electrical port to obtain anhighest supported speed of the second electrical port, and the secondelectrical port and the opposite end establishing a connection at acurrent speed of the second electrical port; S2, encapsulating, by anoptical port of the first optoelectronic device, the current speed ofthe first optoelectronic device and the negotiated highest supportedspeed of the first electrical port in transmission parameters of atransmission protocol, and sending the same to the optical port of thesecond optoelectronic device; encapsulating, by the optical port of thesecond optoelectronic device, a current speed of the secondoptoelectronic device and the negotiated highest supported speed of thesecond electrical port in the transmission parameters of thetransmission protocol, and sending the same to the optical port of thefirst optoelectronic device; S3, obtaining, by the first optoelectronicdevice and the second optoelectronic device, a target speed based on thehighest supported speed of the first electrical port and the highestsupported speed of the second electrical port, respectively, wherein thetarget speed is the greatest common divisor of the highest supportedspeed of the first electrical port and the highest supported speed ofthe second electrical port; S4, determining whether the current speed ofthe first optoelectronic device and the current speed of the secondoptoelectronic device are equal to the target speed, respectively; ifthe current speeds are equal to the target speed, the current speeds aremaintained; if the current speeds are not equal to the target speed,proceed to S5; S5, configuring, by the first optoelectronic device andthe second optoelectronic device, the speeds of its electrical port andoptical port to the target speed, respectively, and then the firstoptoelectronic device and the first electrical port negotiatingautomatically, and the second optoelectronic device and the secondelectrical port negotiating automatically, to establish a connection. 2.The method for optoelectronic matching of claim 1, further comprising:forcing the NP (Next Page) domain in the local Base Page to 1, so thatthe local can negotiate the Next Page with the opposite end under anycircumstances to get the highest supported rate of the opposite end; S1further comprises: S11, sending the auto-negotiated Base Page configuredwith the NP domain to the corresponding opposite end; S12, judgingwhether a physical layer of a local electrical port has a gigabittransmission capability; if yes, send the auto-negotiated Next Pageaccording to the auto-negotiation protocol; if not, send an empty NextPage.
 3. The method for optoelectronic matching of claim 1, wherein whenthe highest supported speed of any one of the first opposite end and thesecond opposite end changes, the opposite end, of which the highestsupported speed changes, sends an auto-negotiation request to anoptoelectronic device to which it is correspondingly connected, andexecutes S1-S5.
 4. The method for optoelectronic matching of claim 1,wherein the transmission protocol is SGMII protocol, auto-negotiation isimplemented between optical ports of the first optoelectronic device andthe second optoelectronic device through the SGMII protocol.
 5. Themethod for optoelectronic matching of claim 4, wherein the firstoptoelectronic device and the second optoelectronic device comprise aphysical layer and an SGMII layer, respectively, and the physical layeris connected to the SGMII Layer and the corresponding opposite end; S2further comprises: outputting, by the physical layer, a trigger signalafter receiving the highest supported speed of the negotiatedcorresponding opposite end; receiving, by the SGMII layer, the triggersignal, and encapsulating the current speed and the highest supportedspeed of a corresponding opposite end into transmission parameters ofthe SGMII protocol; performing auto-negotiation between the optical portof one of the first optoelectronic device and the second optoelectronicdevice and the optical port of the other of the first optoelectronicdevice and the second optoelectronic device through the SGMII protocol.6. The method for optoelectronic matching of claim 1, wherein S3 furthercomprises: one of the first optoelectronic device and the secondoptoelectronic device receiving the transmission protocol sent by theoptical port of the other optoelectronic device of the firstoptoelectronic device and the second optoelectronic device, to obtainthe highest supported speed of the opposite end corresponding to theother optoelectronic device; each of the first optoelectronic device andthe second optoelectronic device performing the greatest common divisorprocessing on the highest supported speed of the opposite end of oneoptoelectronic device and the highest supported speed of the oppositeend of the other optoelectronic device to obtain the target speed.
 7. Anoptoelectronic matching system, comprising the optoelectronic matchingmethod according to claim 1, the system comprising: a firstoptoelectronic device, wherein an electrical port of the firstoptoelectronic device is connected to a first electrical port of a firstopposite end; a second optoelectronic device, wherein an electrical portof the second optoelectronic device is connected to a second electricalport of a second opposite end, and the first optoelectronic device andthe second optoelectronic device are connected via optical fibers; eachof the first optoelectronic device and the second optoelectronic devicecomprises: a first negotiation unit for auto-negotiation between anelectrical port and a corresponding opposite end to obtain the highestsupported speed of the opposite end corresponding to each of theoptoelectronic devices; a second negotiation unit, connected to thefirst negotiation unit, and configured to encapsulate the current speedand the highest supported speed of the opposite end into transmissionparameters of a transmission protocol, and to send the current speed andthe highest supported speed of the opposite end to an optical port ofthe other optoelectronic device; a processing unit for obtaining atarget speed based on the highest supported speed of an opposite endcorresponding to one of the optoelectronic devices and the highestsupported speed of an opposite end corresponding to the otheroptoelectronic device in the transmission protocol; a judging unit,connected to the processing unit, and configured to judge whether thecurrent speed is equal to the target speed to obtain a judgment result;a configuration unit, connected to the judgment unit and the firstnegotiation unit, respectively, and configured to configure the speed ofthe electrical port and the speed of the optical port to the targetspeed when the judgment result indicates that the current speed of alocal electrical port is not equal to the target speed; wherein thefirst negotiation unit is further configured to perform auto-negotiationwith the corresponding opposite end after the speed is configured to thetarget speed.
 8. The optoelectronic matching system of claim 7, whereinthe first negotiation unit further comprises: a judging module,configured to judge whether the physical layer of the local electricalport has the gigabit transmission capability when sending theauto-negotiated Base Page to a corresponding opposite port; anegotiation message configuration module, connected to the judgingmodule, and configured to configure auto-negotiated Next Page accordingto the auto-negotiation protocol when the physical layer of the localelectrical port has gigabit transmission capability; and configured toconfigure an empty Next Page when the physical layer of the localelectrical port does not have gigabit transmission capability; and afirst negotiation module, connected to the negotiation messageconfiguration module, and configured to send the configuredauto-negotiated Next Page to a port of the corresponding opposite end.9. The optoelectronic matching system of claim 7, wherein thetransmission protocol is SGMII protocol, auto-negotiation betweenoptical ports of the first optoelectronic device and the secondoptoelectronic device is achieved through the SGMII protocol.
 10. Theoptoelectronic matching system of claim 9, wherein each of the firstoptoelectronic device and the second optoelectronic device comprises: aphysical layer, connected to an electrical end of a correspondingopposite end, and configured to output a trigger signal after receivingthe highest supported speed of negotiated corresponding opposite end; anSGMII layer, connected to the physical layer, and configured to receivethe trigger signal, and configured to encapsulate the current speed andthe highest supported speed of a corresponding opposite end intotransmission parameters of the SGMII protocol, and to performauto-negotiation between the optical port of one of the firstoptoelectronic device and the second optoelectronic device and theoptical port of the other of the first optoelectronic device and thesecond optoelectronic device through the SGMII protocol.